ICT General Knowledge
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Answer the following questions.
Part 1
Q1. What are the 3 main types of secondary storage in a computer system?
solid state storage devices, such as USB memory sticks.
optical storage devices, such as CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs.
magnetic storage devices, such as hard disk drives.
Q2. What are the storage units in the computer? (at least 4)
KB, MB, GB, TB are the storage units in the computer.
Q3. What does KB, MB, GB, TB in computers term?
KB. = Kilobyte ; MB. = Megabyte ; GB. = Gigabyte ; TB. = Terabyte
Q4. Which is bigger KB or MB or GB?
GB is bigger than KB or MB.
Q5. Which is the part of the computer system that one can physically touch?
Hardware is the part of the computer system that one can physically touch.
Part 2
Q6. …..………. is an electronic device that process data, converting it into information.
A computer
Q7. What is operating system?
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and
software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
Q8. Who are the fathers of the Internet?
Vinton Cerf , Robert “Bob” and Kahn Larry Roberts are the fathers of the Internet.
Q9. Who is the inventor of the World Wide Web? When?
Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989.
Q10. In internet terminology, what is IP means?
In internet terminology, IP means Internet Protocol.
Part 3
Q1. What is it called the first page of a website?
The first page of a website is called home page.
Q2. Which software application is used for accessing sites or information on a network
(as the world wide web)?
A web browser is used for accessing sites or information on a network (as the world
wide web)
Q3. A website address is a unique name that identifies a specific ____________ on
the web.
website
Q4. The first web-based email service is __________.
Hotmail
Q5. What is GPS stand for?
GPS stand for Global Positioning System